“We had the fire brigade there, animals including snakes, hens and rabbits for people to meet and greet and live music by the cafe which was run by the church.”

He continued: “I hope we can work with others to make it happen in the future.

“We were wondering how best to serve the community and there used to be an Earley carnival and we wanted to bring people together. It was very much an experiment and we would love to get more community groups involved to do arts and crafts to make it bigger and better.”